[1] A bus carrying over 60 people, including many women and children, was hit by a fuel tanker carrying a driver and a passenger causing a large explosion during the early morning.

The truck burst into flames, killing both of its occupants instantly.

[2] Drivers are also known to speed on the highway so as not to get caught in insurgent activity, especially from the Taliban.

The aim is to avoid the checkpoints that the Taliban have set up, since they sometimes kidnap and kill civilians, such as what happened during the Kunduz-Takhar highway hostage crisis where hundreds were kidnapped and many killed after they were captured at a Taliban checkpoint.

Many passenger buses are also old and unsafe, and Afghanistan has some of the most dangerous roads in the world.